Test 4 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires hims…

ngl, what did Jack do with the holding-the-plough job?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jack · What happens: do, hold

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 2014 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires himself to the Gray Churl and turns every order against him» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 do	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	14 job	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 job	det
9	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 job	csubj
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 job	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 job	det
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 the	punct
13	plough	plough	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 job	compound
14	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	Jack					with the plough job; ngl vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	hold	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

He reddened the ground while a kid whipped the horses and then ran off to the village fair

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reddened	nsubj
2	reddened	redden	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ground	det
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reddened	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 whipped	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kid	det
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 whipped	nsubj
8	whipped	whip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 reddened	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 horses	det
10	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 whipped	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ran	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 ran	advmod
13	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 reddened	conj
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 ran	compound:prt
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 village	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 village	det
17	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ran	obl
18	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reddened	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	redden	past	He	the ground			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ground=Patient
2	whip	past	a kid	the horses			vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent horse=Material
3	run off	past	He not said here		then	to the village result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to village=Result

Option 2

He reddened the ground while a kid whipped the horses and the master watched from the gate

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reddened	nsubj
2	reddened	redden	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ground	det
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reddened	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 whipped	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kid	det
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 whipped	nsubj
8	whipped	whip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 reddened	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 horses	det
10	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 whipped	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 watched	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 master	det
13	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 watched	nsubj
14	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 reddened	conj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 gate	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 gate	det
17	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	redden	past	He	the ground		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ground=Patient
2	whip	past	a kid	the horses		vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent horse=Material
3	watch	past	the master		the gate	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He ploughed while a boy shouted at the horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ploughed	nsubj
2	ploughed	plough	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	while	while	SCONJ	_	5 boy	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ploughed	obl
6	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 boy	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 horses	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 horses	det
9	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plough	past	He	a boy					vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	shout speech: express	participle		a boy not said here				at the horses	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He reddened the ground while a kid whipped the horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reddened	nsubj
2	reddened	redden	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ground	det
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reddened	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 whipped	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kid	det
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 whipped	nsubj
8	whipped	whip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 reddened	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 horses	det
10	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 whipped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	redden	past	He	the ground					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ground=Patient
2	whip	past	a kid	the horses					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent horse=Material

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